He found what's been causing his pain and decides to go kill it. Not an internal conflict. He only realizes its whats been causing his pain until late into the movie. And by a third i meant 2 thirds, my bad. Plus, is the joker the only real source of batman's pain? is he happy now?
Okay, I admit I forgot a point--there is an internal conflict when you put it with Batman Returns. While Burton said it was a "different chapter" rather than a direct sequel, it does show what happens to him psychologically afterwards--he thought revenge would make the pain go away but it only made it worst, so he wonders if getting rid of Batman, filling my aforementioned hole with a regular life (with Selena Kyle) would help.
Well, its obligotory and doesn't move the plot, in addition to nobody taking Joker seriously. I get that he's a clown and whatnot but he's a threat. Dont have him dance around like an idiot.
I would say that for every silly move he did, he did one that was just as menancing. Nicoloson, while not the f**ked-up psycho killer that he is in the modern comics, was certainly not a Romero clone.
What did Bassinger do that was good? She didnt react well to anything, even when she realizes that bruce is batman...
Like I said, she did the best she could. Keaton does run circles around her acting-wise and it is hard to feel this epic romance thing when the other character is a Lois Lane clone, but I think she did her best--if I remember correctly, she was pretty new at the time. She's done excellent work afterwards, like L.A. Confidential.
But He gets the batplane down with one shot? And if that didnt work, why didn't he survive the fall at the very end?
Easy answer--there was a body. No body = alive. Luck can only get you so far.
As for the Batplane--long barell, big bullet, and planes can't be heavily armored and still fly.
Yeah..that worked well. And right in front of her no less.
Joker didn't take Vikki, right? Plus I would imagine, since he liked her so much, he cared more about her safety then keeping his secret identity.
Yeah but Burton also supposedly drew alot from the Frank Miller books, which were some of the first to show Gordon as a heroic character. There was a lot of potential. Could they at least have gotten somebody who could act or at the very least looked like Gordon? I mean its like they ran out of time to cast the movie so Tim Burton cast his fat uncle and slapped some expensive clothes on him.
And he also drew a lot from the old Det. comics of the 40s and bits and pieces from the 70s, where Gordon was essentially the glorified "light up the Batsignal" guy. I would have prefered Miller's take as well, but I can't begrudge them with something that is from the comics.
Well then why is he so popular? I mean, in one of the first (if not THE first) frame of a batman comic, Bruce is described as a socialite. It's a way better foil to being batman if you ask me. I mean, of course a socially awkward guy who looks like a dorky serial killer and cant talk to people at a party would be the one to beat criminals up at night. He shouldn't wear it on his cuff. That's the thing, bruce wayne is more or less the mask. Being batman liberates Bruce. Thats pretty much who he is, he has to pretend to be a sleazy socialite who doesnt beleive in batman to cover up.
Why? Because he's rich. He can get away with being eccentric because he's rich.
@ the BO numbers.
